| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Mansfield Town | 43 | 89 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 47 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 34 | 24 | |||
| 2 | Shrewsbury Town | 43 | 84 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 44 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 33 | 23 | |||
| 3 | Rotherham United | 43 | 77 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 37 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 30 | 19 | |||
| 4 | 43 | 74 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 45 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 28 | ||||
| 5 | Lincoln City | 42 | 73 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 46 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 28 | 31 | |||
| 6 | Reading | 43 | 71 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 25 | 25 | |||
| 7 | Cambridge United | 43 | 65 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 41 | 16 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 26 | |||
| 8 | Newport County | 43 | 65 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 42 | 29 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 23 | 39 | |||
| 9 | Exeter City | 43 | 64 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 32 | 20 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 22 | 36 | |||
| 10 | Bradford City | 44 | 61 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 30 | 20 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 23 | 26 | |||
| 11 | Brentford | 43 | 60 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 35 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 30 | |||
| 12 | 42 | 56 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 31 | 17 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 20 | 33 | ||||
| 13 | Northampton Town | 44 | 53 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 40 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 23 | 49 | |||
| 14 | Hartlepool | 43 | 53 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 35 | 21 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 11 | 36 | |||
| 15 | Barnsley | 43 | 52 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 32 | 23 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 25 | 37 | |||
| 16 | Swansea City | 43 | 51 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 25 | 29 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 21 | 40 | |||
| 17 | Doncaster Rovers | 43 | 50 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 34 | 25 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 23 | 46 | |||
| 18 | 44 | 50 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 25 | 24 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 16 | 36 | ||||
| 19 | 43 | 49 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 34 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 23 | 47 | ||||
| 20 | Crewe Alexandra | 43 | 49 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 22 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 30 | |||
| 21 | Stockport County | 44 | 48 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 26 | 27 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 43 | |||
| 22 | 43 | 42 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 31 | 26 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 39 | ||||
| 23 | 43 | 41 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 22 | 25 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 13 | 36 | ||||
| 24 | 43 | 35 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 27 | 29 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 14 | 40 | ||||